Street Fighter V's Kolin, 2017 Update Plans Revealed

After weeks of speculation, the latest addition to Street Fighter V's roster, Kolin, has finally been confirmed with a new trailer. The frosty fighter made her debut in Street Fighter V's story mode last year, and after a recent Reddit leak it seemed certain she would be the next character for Street Fighter V's second season, which will roll out a different manner than its first season did.

Based on the trailer, Kolin seems to be a rushdown-style character. Utilizing ice-based special attacks, she gets in close to Urien before delivering a flurry of blows culminating in an impressive super move.

In addition to the new fighter, Capcom also announced that Season 2's characters, all of whom will be new to the Street Fighter universe, will release every other month, instead of monthly. In the months where Capcom does not roll out a new character, Capcom "will have new information and content to talk about," according to the Capcom Unity blog. Finally, the team is looking to implement balance changes later this year to "bring characters in-line with how we envision them to perform." More info on what those changes will look like should arrive in March.

Kolin makes her Street Fighter V debut on February 28. For a look at the previous roster addition Akuma, you can click here.

I am enjoying the game as best I can as a long SSF fan. Do I play online ranked matches? Not at all. The story I appreciated for it giving fans a first time experience of enjoying a SSF campaign. On the other hand, it was very easy and offered no thrills in challenge and came across like a sales tech demo to buy DLC characters.

We all get different modes that we can enjoy. However, as long as this game has been out and still no arcade mode (something I play SSF games for), I am ready to throw in the towel and pre-order DC injustice. There is simply no reason to get excited for any DLC when the only way I can enjoy it is via online or in lame player vs cpu mode where I go back to the main menu every match.

I remember when Capcom addressed the lack of arcade mode and said we would get it. Funny how Capcom is launching a season 2 and still no arcade mode. I mean seriously, I'm no game developer but how long does it take to add something so simple?

I'm not big into fighting games except Injustice and I think the zeitgeist of buying SFV has passed unfortunately. Also, *** that was a really good song, I haven't listened to Lupe for quite awhile now, looks like that's about to change.

I like this game, but Capcom's business model is completely bonkers. The first season was a failure, with ridiculous prices and a lack of content for far too long that drove away much of the player base. Now with season 2 they give us none of the characters people wanted back, even when some of them exist in story mode already. Plus, releasing every other month, when eve more of the player base will be lost to Injustice 2, Tekken 7, and Marvel Capcom Infinite - do they really expect people tfrom stick around SFV that long?